HEALTH – WHAT SHALL WE EAT?

By P. Merry

(FOOD COMBINING)

THE three articles on the “Egyptian Diseases” (Look-Up Nov-Apr, 1997-98) show distinct proofs of the consequences of disobedience of Law. Most noteworthy Laws are those contained in Leviticus 11 which Christians just cannot understand. The fact is that the PENALTY of disobedience is still in FULL effect today. So while Christians love to squabble over futile virtues of pig meat, their attention will never be drawn to vital principles such as those contained in DEUTERONOMY 7: up to verse 8, DEUTERONOMY 23:2; LEVITICUS 19:19 and EXODUS 23:19.

Not only is the eating of wrong things the cause of disease, but MIXING of right foods is equally serious. I intend to show that MIXING is wrong and as a bonus pointers for good health will be given.

From the physical standpoint good health depends on the normal circulation of pure, chemically balanced blood throughout the body. Circulation depends on good heart and respiratory function and the state of the blood is decided by nutrition. Hence the saying one frequently reads in health literature, “Nutrition is the physical basis of Life.” All organs have to be properly nourished in order to be healthy.

The body is continually changing, so why not make this constant change one for the better by living and eating within the Law? You MUST change! This surely means that an organ, such as a diseased heart, may be literally RENEWED by means of correct nutrition! Diseased cells are being constantly renewed along with healthy cells, and it is logical, by supplying the right
elements, cells that are weak can be strengthened during the process of renewal. It has been estimated that almost 100 per cent of the body is replaced every year.

Before finding out what to eat, learn How to eat. Rule One is an emphatic, “Eat only when hungry, and enjoy the food.” Food taken when not hungry will not do any good or supply much nourishment! Always be happy at the meal table, for a happy state results in a good digestion; happiness is a great health aid, anyway! At times, one meal a day will be enough for you. Then again, you will experience phases where you will be hungry constantly. Please learn to live with yourself and yield
to the requirements of your body. Eat when hungry!

Foods, like fuels, belong to type groups and as such should be used strictly for the purpose intended. For example, petrol and diesel are two types of similar fuel. Petrol and diesel MIXED will surely condemn the digestion of your car! What of the different food groups and your body? Let us now separate and group the CLEAN foods and put a stop to MIXING.

PROTEIN

a. Meats, i.e. beef, mutton (not lamb), goat and antelope as instructed at Leviticus 11. Exclude the blood, brains, lungs, heart, stomach, intestine, liver, kidneys, bone marrow and pancreas. Trim the fat from the meat.
b. Birds as set out in the above references.
c. Fish as similarly instructed.
d. Cheese. Clean cheese and cottage cheese are natural. Other rennet formed cheeses should be used in moderation. Such cheese should be grated and spread out on a dish to dry for at least 24 hours before eating. Dried cheese is much easier to digest.
e. Milk, sour milk, thick milk, butter milk and cream.
f. Olives.
g. Soya beans.
h. Avocado pear.

STARCH

a. All grains. Maize, wheat, kaffir corn, rice, barley, rye, millet and oats.
b. Dried beans and dried peas excepting soya beans.
c. Potatoes and sweet potatoes. Potatoes should not be peeled as the minerals in the skin are excellent for the blood. Rich deposits of potassium (kidney food) are just below the skin. WARNING: a green colour below the skin is poisonous.
d. Pumpkin and hubbard squash.
e. Banana. Medium ripe are starch while very ripe are classed under sugar fruits. The best policy is to boycott cancer producing commercial bananas.
f. Dates.
g. Figs. Very ripe figs are classed under sugar fruits.

FATS

Disease producing animal fats, lard, dripping and tallow are excluded. Edible fats and oils are:
a. Butter and cream
b. Avocado pear
c. Plant oils, i.e. olive, soya, sesame, sunflower, maize and peanut.
d. Nuts.
e. White margarine. Yellow is mostly chemical junk.

VEGETABLES

Asparagus, Broccoli, Beetroot (and tops), Bamboo sprouts, Brussel sprout, Chicory, Carrots (and tops), Celery, Cabbage, Collards Cauliflower, Chard, Cowslip, Chinese Cabbage, Chive, Cucumber (don’t peel), Dandelion, Egg-plant, Green maize, Green beans, Green peppers, Garlic, Kale, Kohl-rabi, Lettuce, Leek, Mustard, Okra, Onions, Parsley, Rape, Radish (and tops), Rhubarb, Spinach, Sorrel, Squash, Turnips (and tops),
NOTE: Raw green leaves contain blood building substances.
WARNING: Once cooked, these same substances poison the blood-forming bone marrow!

ACID FRUITS

Grapefruit, Lemon, Lime, Orange (sour), Pineapple, Pomegranate, Tomato.

SUGAR FRUITS

Apple, Apricot, Cherry, Mango, Peach, Pear, Plum, Grapes, Loquat, Lychee, Passion fruit, Naartjie (sweet), Orange (sweet), Paw paw.

MELONS

Watermelon, Muskmelon,
The above groupings are based upon the principles of biology. If the physiology of digestion can lead us to eating habits that insure correct digestion, hence CORRECT HEALTH, only very foolish goyim will disregard the foregoing groupings. Each of the groups have characteristics which do not combine with each other.

DO NOT MIX ACID FRUIT & STARCH.

Saliva contains ptyalin which is a starch splitting enzyme. This action is carried out further by the action of amylase (from the pancreas). A weak acid solution inhibits ptyalin. Therefore, without the action of ptyalin, the pancreas will be under a greater burden and thus eventually weaken (or be at disease). Eat acid fruits and starches at separate meals.

DO NOT MIX PROTEIN & STARCH.

The stomach secretes an appropriate juice for starch digestion which is different from the juice required for protein digestion. For example, if rice and meat are eaten together, a highly acid juice will be poured out and starch digestion will come to an almost abrupt end. Eat protein foods and starch foods at separate meals.

DO NOT MIX PROTEIN & PROTEIN.

Two proteins of different character call for different modification of the digestive juices and different timing of the secretions. For example, the strongest juice is poured out upon milk in the last hour of digestion, upon meat in the first hour. Eggs receive the strongest secretion at a different time to that by either meat or milk. Is there no significance in the timing thus seen? Do you now have a new understanding of Exodus 23:19? Eat ONE protein at a meal.

DO NOT MIX ACID FRUIT & PROTEIN.

Protein digestion requires pepsin. Fruit acids destroy pepsin which seriously handicaps protein digestion and results in putrefaction. Eat acid fruits and protein at separate meals.

DO NOT MIX FAT & PROTEIN.

Fats inhibit the secretion of gastric juices needed for the digestion of protein. Eat fats and protein at separate meals.

DO NOT MIX SUGAR FRUITS & PROTEIN

Sugar digestion is in the intestine. If they are eaten alone they are not held in the stomach for a long time. When eaten with protein they are held up in the stomach for a prolonged period, awaiting the digestion of the protein. While thus waiting they undergo fermentation. Eat sugar fruits and proteins at separate meals.

DO NOT MIX SUGAR FRUITS & STARCH.

The same principles for sugar/protein applies here. Eat sugar fruits and starch at separate meals.

MELONS DO NOT MIX WITH ANY OTHER GROUP.

Melons move very rapidly from the stomach and through the intestines – passage is much faster than that of fruit. If the speed of their digestive passage is hindered, they are liable to decompose giving rise to much gas and discomfort. Eat melons alone.

MILK

Cow’s milk is difficult to digest in humans. Milk combines poorly with starch but not at all with other groups. Take cow’s milk alone or moderately with starch, the best is not at all, as an alternative try soy milk with added calcium.

HONEY

Although honey is a sugar, no adverse effect has been proven in its combination to any of the basic groups.

SEPARATION OF GROUPS

Foods from various groups have different time requirements. Therefore before changing groups at separate meals allow a sufficient time lapse as indicated: Allow half an hour before changing to another group after Melons.

1 hour – Sugar fruits
11/2 hours – Acid fruits
2 hours – Vegetables
4 hours – Starches
5 hours – Proteins

Is GOOD HEALTH a worthwhile objective? At the start it is going to be an effort calling for strict discipline to eat correctly within the groups set out in this article.

Courtesy: Covenant Message